Column.



NPATENT oEEicE.

GEORGE F. THORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLUMN.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application flleclOctober 1'7, 1905. Serial No. 283,099.

To (1J/Z whom, t Mtn/y concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. THoEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in'the'county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Column, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to columns such as used' in building construction.

The object of the invention is to produce a built-up column which is especially adapted for supporting Hoor-beams at different elevations.

A further object is to provide a column of great strength and which will have unusual rigidity at the joints, while being at the same same time substantially iireproof.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is substantially a vertical central section of a column constructed according to my invention, the body of the column being represented as broken away and certain parts being represented in elevation. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and showing a portion of the cap of the column and illustrating more fully the manner of supporting Hoor-beams at different elevations, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the cap of a column and showing a modified construction which I may adopt.

The present application is one of a series of copending applications filed by me and of which the others are numbered and dated as follows, namely: Serial No. 277,213, filed September 5, 1905; Serial No. 290,427, filed December 5, 1905, and Serial No. 298,116, led January 27, 1906. All of these cases contain common subject-matter but the matter common to this case and to the one earlier iled-to wit, lSerial No. 277,213-is not generically claimed herein, as such claims are embraced in the one earlier-that is to say, I do not, for the reason already stated, generically claim herein a column having a casing, a hollow cap with an apertured end seated on the casing, a socket member on the cap, a pin, post, or rod projecting from the aperture 1n the cap'int-o the socket member,

a second' casing on the cap, and a filling of plasticor other material in the casings, which filling extends up into the hollow of the cap. i

The present construction embodies distinguishing characteristics in respect to the earlier-filed application, among other things in the manner of connecting thecolumns 'with respect with each other,` the rod, pin, or

shaft in the present case extending from one column to the other through the intermediate cap and being embedded in the cement in one column and also having one of its ends received in a socket member in the column adjacent to that first mentioned. Another distinction which may be mentioned is that the socket member is-adouble the other socket portion thereof receives the end of the rod or shaft from the other column. ,The cap in the present case, furthermore, is

provided with means by which it is adapted to support beams at diHerent elevations, y

being in this respect an improvement on the cap of my previous case. Moreover, incidental to one of the distinguishing characteristics herein mentioned the rod, pin, or shaft referred to extends into the column from the end of the cap, which cap, as in the earlier case, is chambered or hollow and receives within its interior a suitable filling, which extends from the interior of the casing or shell and surrounds the rod. This feature of the arrangement and connection of parts is important and constitutes in itself one of the characteristic features of the present case in relation to the earlier-filed case aforesaid.

These and other characteristic features which are embraced in the present case are embodied in the detail construction shown in the accompanying drawings, which construction, while in and of itself advantageous, is to be regarded as merely illustrative and preferred.

Referring more particularly to the parts illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents the upper extremity of the lower column-section, the same being of a common tubular form. Upon this casing or shell I place a cap 2, heyond which there is a second shell or casing 3, similar to the shell 1. This shell 3 sup- IOO ports a cap 4, which is generally siniilar in l projecting shoulders or lips 9 are formed,

which project over the edges of the colunnshells and reinforce the saine, as will he readily" understood. The bodies 6 of the caps are cored from their lower extremities upwardly, so as to forni a here or chaniler 10 in each cap, as shown. Tow; rd the lower extreinities these chainhers enlarge slightly, as shown, and the lower extreinities of the necks 7 are fornled with inwardly-projecting lips 11 .for a purpose which will appear nlore fully hereinafter. As indicated, the hores 10 extend to a point near the upper faces 12 of the caps, as shown. 'lhese upper faces are provided with circular recesses or counterhores 13, which constitute seats for the column-sections next ahove and which the cap supports. lt should appear in this way that the shell 3 iits snugly into the recess in the upper face of the cap 2, while the shell 5 iits in a siinilar n1 anner into the upper face of the cap 4.

Through the upper faces 12 of the caps apertures, preferah ly in the forni of openings or hores 14, are fern ed, which coninunicate with the openings 10 or chanilcers within thc bodies of the caps. rhe purpose of these openings will appear incre fully hereinafter. In the lower extrenities of the shells, as indicated at the shells 3 and 5, I provide socket nleniloers or plugs 15, which are inserted tightly therein, as shown. rithc lower faces of these plugs are substantially Vllush with the lower extreniity of the eolunin-section in which they are inserted. T he lower portions of the plugs are flanged er fornied into expanded heads 16, the thiinhles or l1 odios 17 of the plugs heilig slightly reduced in dian eter, as shown. At a suitaiile point these bodies 17 are provided with a laterally-projecting flange 1S, which projects outwardly into the space between the plug and the shell. These plugs 16 constitute douhle sockets. They are each provided on their lower sido with a here or socket 19 and also with a sinnlar socket 2O on their upper sides. These sockets 1.() and 20 are preierahly of suhstantially the saine diaireter as the openings 14 referred to ah ove. It should appear that the axes of the sockets 19 and 2O coincide with the central axis of the colunin.

. Through the interior of the coluinn a rod or The caps 2 and 4 have shaft 21 passes continuously, the saine being fornzed in. sections 22, 23, and 24. The lower extremity of each of these sections is received in one of the upper sockets 20. The -body of each section ot this shaft passes upward ly in the body of the column, and :its upper extremity passes through the corresponding opening 14, passing into the lower socket 1.) oit the column-section next aiiove. rilhe interiors of the column-casing and the caps are suitably filled with cenient 25, and. when this content is set a very rigid coluniu construction results.

rthe celruiin-shells 1, 3, and 5 are prel'erahly forned of steel tubing. The caps and 4 are preferably of cast-iron. or siinilar iraterial. In order to enable lloor-iicars, such. as the heains 2G and 27, to he supported at different elevations, the caps 2 and 4 are provided with laterally-projecting arirs and 29, said arnls heing at different elevations and at any desired height. As indicated nost clearly in Fig. 2, a third. arm 3() nay he provided, which supports a third lucani 31 from the cap 4. rlfhese arnis are preforahly ir ade nere rigidv hy nieans of integral welas .'32, as shown.

rl'he arrangenent descrilzed, which consists in carrying the cent ent hody of the colur.' n well up into the caps, gives n; ore rigid it)Y and strength to the caps and enahles them to withstand the eccentric strains exerted upon the caps hy the ends of the lxeanis. in addition to this the core-shaft 21 operales to give great rigidity to the caps. ln this connection attention is called to the fact that this core-shaft 21 is coirpletely huried within the coluirn, so that it is little affected hy extreme heat/,thus increasing the lireprool` qualities of the colunn.

'.he lips 11, referred to, at the lower extremities of the necks 7 ssist in retaining the saine when the eolunin is heing formed, uLikewise the laterally-projecting flanges le? of the sockets operate to increase the rigidity at that peint.

instead of carrying the core-shaft 21 coinpletely through the coluinn, as indicated in Fig. 1, l inay provide a construction as shown in Fig. 3, in which the column-shell 33 is surinounted hy a cap 34 in the manner described above, the said 'ap supporting a second colunin-section E5, provided. at its hase with a plug 3G, seatii'ig on the upper face of the cap 34 in the manner described above. 'lhis socket or plug 36 has no socket fornied in the upper side thereof, hut is l'oiined with. a single socket or opening riti, which receives the upper extremity ol anv anchor holt or shaft 37, the said shaft being disposed centrally in the column and pass' g up through an opening 35? in the cap 34 and siniilar te the opening 14 described. a lieve. rlhe shaft 37 does not extend to the hase ol the coluinn, hut at a suitable distance below the cap is formed with a lateral turn or 1, one section to the other through the opening twist 39, which increases its holding power as an anchor. In this way I attain a great degree of rigidity at the caps, while dispensing with a large portion of the length of the internal shaft.

While I have represented sections of the column supposed to be above thebase, it should be understood that I may use a base of any kind with caps of the construction shown, in which case the lower socket would be seated on the base, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A column having a tubular shell, a cap seating upon said shell and having a chamber formed therein -from below, and communicating with the interior of said shell, and a filling within said shell and extending upwardly into the chamber within said cap, said cap having means for supporting beams at different elevations.

2. A column having a cylindrical shell, a cap seated upon said shell and'having means for supporting beams at different elevations, said cap having a reduced neck projecting into the interior of said shell, and a filling within the interior of said shell and extending into the body of said cap.

3. A joint for a column, comprising a cap having a hollow body, a shell supporting the same, a filling within said shell and extending into said body, a socket supported on said cap, a shell surrounding said socket, and an anchor-shaft seated in the lower side of said socket and extending downwardly through the interior of said cap and surrounded by said filling.

4. A column comprising, in combination, a shell, a cap supported on said shell and having a hollow body, a second shell seated on said cap, a plug within said second shell and having a socket formed in the lower side thereof, and an anchorplate seated in said socket and extending downwardly into the interior of said first shell, said cap having laterally-projecting arms adapted to support beams.

5. In a column construction, in combination, a shell composed of sections disposed one above the other, a chambered cap connecting said shells, a central shaft extending through the end of the cap and into the chamber, and a filling within the shell and chamber and surrounding the central shaft.

6. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of sections arranged one above the other and a cap seated on the lower section and supporting the upper section, the cap having an opening through its `ilpper face and a chambered body, a central shaft extending from in the cap and a filling in the shell, extending into the chamber in the cap and in which the central shaft is embedded.

7 In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of .sections located one above the' other and a cap between the sections, a socket in one of the sections, a shaft extending from the socket through the end ofthe cap, and a filling in the sections, in which the socket and a portion of the shaft are embedded.

8. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of sections located one above the other'and a cap between the sections, a socket member in one of the sections, a shaft projecting from the socket member in opposite directions into the sections, and a filling in the sections, in which the socket member and shaft are .embedded.

9. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of sections located one above the other and a cap between the sections, a filling in the sections and a shaft made in sections and extending through the end of the cap.

' 10. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of sections located one above the other and a cap between the sections, a filling in thel sections, a shaft made in sections and extending through .the end of the cap, and a socket member for the confronting portions of the sections of the shaft.

11. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of sections located one above the other and a chambered cap between the sections; a filling -in the sections, extending into the chamber in the cap; and a shaft, made in sections and extending through the end of the cap.

12. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprisin y a plurality of sections located one above the other and a chambered cap between the sections; a filling in the sections, extending into the chamber in the cap; a shaft, made in sections and extending through the end of the cap 5 and socket member embedded in the filling and engaging the confronting portions of the sections of the shaft.

13. In a column construction, in combination, a tubular shell comprising a plurality of sections located one above the other and a chambered cap between the sections; a filling in the sections, extending in the chamber in the cap; a plug supported by said cap and having sockets and embedded in the filling; and a shaft embedded in the filling and made in sections and extending into the sockets in the plug.

14. In a column construction, a tubular i shell, a supporting member therefor, a socket llO in the shell7 e shaft projeeting from the| socket, ond o iilling in which the socket sind shaft `:rre embedded.

l5. A column, Comprising e shell, oep sented upon seid shell ond having means adopting it to support benms et di'll'erent elovetions, end olso having o redueed neel; which extends into the shell, ond e iilliiig in the shell extending into the neok of the oep.

16. in o Column, on outer easing, n esp sented thereon end lmving o hollow portion ebove the easing, 'filling materiel in the eising end esp and rod extending into the esp end embedded in the filling.

17. In e column, on outer easing, e oop sented thereon ond heving u redueed. neck extending into the easing end hollow ebove the seme, o iilling materiel in the oesing end oep, end n rod extendiiig into the oep end embedded in the iilliig.

1 8. A new ertiele of manu'htoture, comH prising :i hollow eosin-.g provided with n tubulor esp huving n nook odepted to iit inside of the eosin r and which oep is also provided with en upper opertured plate; o soeket member eonsisting of o thimble end i flange zuflepted to iitthe easing; n rod pdssing through the esp sind proj eating down into the arising end o body oi plsstie. miiterifd iilling the speee within the oop and easing end surroui'iding the rod ond sooket-thimble.

1Q. The combination with o. hollow eolumn, of n hollow oop termi'mting innn opertured plete ond provided with n neek iti upted to fit snugly the interior of the-eolunro sind n rod pnssing through theiopertured pleite end projeotigig outwiiirdly beyond the simo dnd inwardly into the eolumn beyond the neel; of the oep, the hollow column ond oop being 'lilled with @ement whereby there is formed :i substontinl unitciry column rind oop with e projeoting rod.

20. The eombin. tion with o hollow eolumn, ot e hollow oop termiioting in iin oper tured plete .dnd provided with i nook adopted to 'lit snugly the interior of the oolumn end o rod pissing through the epertured plete and projeoting outwirdly beyond the sime ind inw dly into the column beyond the nook of the empl. the hollow column end oep being iilled with Cement whereby there is formed o subst ,intimi unitary column oop with e projecting rod, of seeond Column adopted to be superimposei eoove the i'irst column ind provided with socket member adopted to reeeive the projeetinff rod of the D irst Column.

2l. ri`he Combination with e hollow col umn, of o hollow oop terminstting in :in opertured. plete and provided with o. neek indepted to lit snugly the interior of the columnJ en d ai rod passing through tho npertured plete end projecting outwordly beyond the sinne ond inwardly into the column beyond the neck of the oep, the hollow Column ond eirp being iilled with eemont whereby there formed e substantial unitary column end iep with projecting rod, oi n second ooluirili eds-opted to be superimposeifl above the -lirst column end provided with n socket member heving e snugly-'litting 'l'lenge sind im inwitrdly-projeating thimble adopted to receive the proj eoting rod of the 'lirst column.

22. rihe combination with o hollow eol umn, of o hollow oep provided with one or more bracket members, ssiid eS-p terminati; g in on epertured. plete end provided with :1 neek :adopted to 'lit snugly the interior of the polumn, end o rod pissing through the :iperw tured plete end projeetiig outwordly beyond the some ond inwardly into the eolumn beyond the neek of the oop, the hollow eolurriu and esp heiniT iilledwith coment whereby there is formed o substontial unitory eolu um. end oep with o projecting rod` 23. A series of hollow Columns vertielilly arranged, eiioh having on upper hollow provided with neck adopted to 'lit siugl)Y within its eolumn end e. lower socket memller having e thimble provided with in( lor centering it, eiiiehoolumn provid ed with :L ro :l adopted to 'lit into the sooket ol: the Column obove it rind extending dimnwerdlyv beyond its oep, efioli eolunin :uid oop het 'lilled with Cement.

24. A series of hollow columns voi-ti ly arranged, egteh l sving on upper hollow p provided with e nook adopted to :lit siiiuglj.' within its eoluinn ond lower socket member lmving e thimble provided with meins ilfor centering it, eiieh eolumn provided with 'rod to ilit into the soeket of the eolumn nbovo it and extending downwnrdly beyond its (11p. eoeh column nid oop being 'lilled with cement ond oooh oop listvin r one or more brefxket niemb ers In testimony whereof I hztve signed my neme to this speoilieotion in the presence oli two subseribing witnesses.

GEORGE F. THOR N.

Witnesses HARRY COLE, WV. J. Kun. 

